You're Not Imagining It – Some People Really Are More Attractive to Mosquitoes, Study Shows

You're Not Imagining It – Some People Really Are More Attractive to Mosquitoes, Study Shows

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People Misunderstand Key Climate Actions, Study Shows

People Misunderstand Key Climate Actions, Study Shows

People who want to help tackle climate change through personal behaviour choices may be focusing on the wrong actions, according to new international

A Longstanding Mystery Reveals Gut’s Power To Heal

A Longstanding Mystery Reveals Gut’s Power To Heal

What the research is about Ulcerative colitis causes symptoms such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloody stools. In this disease, the mucosal lining

Experimental AI systems have been going on hacking sprees

Experimental AI systems have been going on hacking sprees

AI systems need ‘situational awareness’ to do the right thing – but recent events show they can get confused.

When an old fix needs an upgrade: inside CSIRO’s search for cotton’s next resistance gene

When an old fix needs an upgrade: inside CSIRO’s search for cotton’s next resistance gene

Key points Resistance genes protecting Australian cotton for decades failed in the United States without warning, sending researchers back into the

Feral cats likely kill far more Australian native animals than we thought: first DNA analysis

Feral cats likely kill far more Australian native animals than we thought: first DNA analysis

We cannot fence the whole of Australia. Therefore, we need to know which species are most at risk from cats.

Elix & Vienna university team up on AI drug discovery

Elix & Vienna university team up on AI drug discovery

The tie-up seeks to speed hunts for hard-to-treat cancer targets, blending AI-designed compounds with Vienna NMR data on elusive proteins.

Elix & Vienna university team up on AI drug discovery

Elix & Vienna university team up on AI drug discovery

The tie-up seeks to speed hunts for hard-to-treat cancer targets, blending AI-designed compounds with Vienna NMR data on elusive proteins.

Venus is almost exactly Earth’s size and formed right beside us, yet its surface melts lead under an atmosphere ninety times heavier than ours, a runaway greenhouse that turned our nearest twin into the most hostile world in the solar system

Venus is almost exactly Earth’s size and formed right beside us, yet its surface melts lead under an atmosphere ninety times heavier than ours, a runaway greenhouse that turned our nearest twin into the most hostile world in the solar system

A cosmic accident separated Earth from its twin billions of years ago—one world became habitable, the other a lead-melting inferno. The post Venus is almost exactly Earth’s size and formed right beside us, yet its surfac…

Fujitsu Monash and CSIRO strengthen Australia Japan quantum partnership

Fujitsu Monash and CSIRO strengthen Australia Japan quantum partnership

Sydney, Australia, 4 August 2026 – Australian researchers and students will gain access to advanced quantum computing technology under a Memorandum of